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diff --git a/make-stds.texi b/make-stds.texi index 887b7ad..3dbecd4 100644 --- a/make-stds.texi +++ b/make-stds.texi @@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ and nothing should be directly installed into these two directories. @table @samp @item prefix A prefix used in constructing the default values of the variables listed -below. The default value of @code{prefix} should be @file{/usr/local} +below. The default value of @code{prefix} should be @file{/usr/local}. When building the complete GNU system, the prefix will be empty and @file{/usr} will be a symbolic link to @file{/}. @@ -585,19 +585,17 @@ Unix-style man pages are installed in one of the following: @table @samp @item mandir -The directory for installing the man pages (if any) for this package. -It should include the suffix for the proper section of the -manual---usually @samp{1} for a utility. It will normally be -@file{/usr/local/man/man1}, but you should write it as -@file{$(prefix)/man/man1}. +The top-level directory for installing the man pages (if any) for this +package. It will normally be @file{/usr/local/man}, but you should +write it as @file{$(prefix)/man}. @item man1dir -The directory for installing section 1 man pages. +The directory for installing section 1 man pages. Write it as +@file{$(mandir)/man1}. @item man2dir -The directory for installing section 2 man pages. +The directory for installing section 2 man pages. Write it as +@file{$(mandir)/man2}. @item @dots{} -Use these names instead of @samp{mandir} if the package needs to install man -pages in more than one section of the manual. @strong{Don't make the primary documentation for any GNU software be a man page. Write a manual in Texinfo instead. Man pages are just for |